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Molecular basis of the explosive defence response in the bombardier beetle Brachinus crepitans [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceBombardier beetles have evolved a sophisticated and unique chemical defence mechanism involving controlled explosions within their paired defensive glands, producing a hot, benzoquinone-rich defensive spray.
Heiko Vogel +5 more
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Ocular Injury Caused by the Bombardier Beetle [PDF]
Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2021 We report a case of ocular injury caused by a bombardier beetle in a young boy. Ocular injuries due to this coleoptera have not previously been reported.
Jose Ramon Villada +3 more
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Bombardier beetles repel invasive bullfrogs [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Invasive non-native predators negatively affect native species; however, some native species can survive the predation pressures of invasive species by using pre-existing antipredator strategies or evolving defenses against invasive predators.
Shinji Sugiura, Tomoki Date
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Anti-predator defences of a bombardier beetle: is bombing essential for successful escape from frogs? [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Some animals, such as the bombardier beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachinini), have evolved chemical defences against predators. When attacked, bombardier beetles can discharge noxious chemicals at temperatures of approximately 100 °C from the tip of ...
Shinji Sugiura
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A mathematical model of the defence mechanism of a bombardier beetle [PDF]
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2013 Previous studies of bombardier beetles have shown that some species have a continuous discharge while others exhibit a pulsed discharge. Here, a mathematical model of the defence mechanism of the bombardier beetle is developed and the hypothesis that almost all bombardiers' defences have some sort of cyclic behaviour at frequencies much higher than ...
Alex James, Simon Todd
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Spray aiming in the bombardier beetle: Photographic evidence [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1999 Bombardier beetles, when physically assaulted, eject a hot quinonoid spray from the tip of the abdomen. Photographic evidence is presented demonstrating that the African bombardier beetle,Stenaptinus insignis, can aim its spray in virtually any direction. It can target its individual legs, and even the individual segments of its legs.
Eisner T, Aneshansley DJ.
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Bacterial Associates of a Gregarious Riparian Beetle With Explosive Defensive Chemistry [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Bombardier beetles (Carabidae: Brachininae) are well known for their unique explosive defensive chemistry. These beetles are found in riparian corridors throughout the American Southwest, where they commonly form large diurnal multispecies aggregations ...
Reilly McManus +4 more
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Bombardiers and assassins: mimetic interactions between unequally defended insects [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 In defensive mimicry, resemblance between unequally defended species can be parasitic; this phenomenon has been termed quasi-Batesian mimicry. Few studies have used real co-mimics and their predators to test whether the mimetic interactions were ...
Shinji Sugiura, Masakazu Hayashi
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Beetle bombing always deters praying mantises [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Some animals have evolved chemical weapons to deter predators. Bombardier beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) can eject toxic chemicals at temperatures of 100 °C from the tips of their abdomens, ‘bombing’ the attackers. Although some
Shinji Sugiura
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The Arnold Berliner Award 2021 honors research on bombardier beetles. [PDF]
Naturwissenschaften, 2021 Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (1018)
Waltert M.
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